Diabetes, a literal hole in the heart, and severe brain hemorrhaging would almost certainly kill the common man. Poison’s Bret Michaels, however, is not your average Joe. “I feel really great,” Michaels recently told the Columbus Dispatch. “I’m about 90-percent back from the hemorrhage and the heart surgery. I feel…
See also Crossfade’s interview with Eric Prydz and “Identity Festival 2012’s Five Most Exciting Artists.” Identity Festival is coming, and many of you are no doubt running around the city, calling everyone you know, trying to finalize all your “preparations” for Saturday, August 4. It’s an exciting chance to see…
When talking house music, Mexico is not the first place that comes to mind. But Guadalajara’s Balcazar & Sordo might be single-handedly changing that perception. Or at the very least, they’re at the top of a rapidly growing new wave of Mexican producers. The DJ-production duo has exploded practically overnight,…
Solos are boring. Encores are predictable. And opening bands suck. Thankfully, Grand Central and Idle Hands Bookings have cooked up a wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am showcase that dumps a cinder block on the accelerator and let’s that bad boy ride right off the edge of the circle pit. And did we mention that…
See also “Identity Festival 2012’s Five Most Exciting Artists.” Before even being given the go-ahead to speak with Eric Prydz, the London-based Swedish DJ-producer, we are told that any questions about his fear of flying are “off the table.” This is somewhat disappointing, considering his phobia is well known. It…
Heartbeat got no rhythm? Drop dead when you don’t dance? Need a musical defibrillator? The Revivalists can bring you back to life with radio-friendly rock. These six New Orleans dudes are fresh from playing at the Green Parrot in Key West, and they’re catching some rays on South Beach before…
Vans Warped Tour 2012 at Cruzan Amphitheatre July 28
Earth First Journal Benefit at Churchill’s Pub August 1
Jon Bon Jovi and the Kings of Suburbia at Hard Rock Live July 26
Tercer Cielo at James L. Knight Center July 28
See also Crossfade’s show report, “Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne Pussy Poppin’ at Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded Show in Miami.” Some call her Nicki. And some call her Roman. But she calls everybody bitch. Last night, Nicki Minaj brought the Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded tour to Miami’s James L. Knight…
See also “The Casualties Talk Cops: ‘Dude, Have a F#$%in’ Beer, Relax, Stop Abusing Your Power.'” Punks don’t dance. They mosh, pogo, slam, skank, stage-dive, crowd-surf, and circle jerk. So expect a raging riot when the Tonight We Unite tour and 1000 nasty maniacs rage into Downtown Miami’s Grand Central,…
For the longest time, recorded music’s biggest limitation has been that you can’t jump from behind a corner while wearing it and scare people into squirting their drawers. Well, prepare to squirt them drawers, people near corners. The awesomely noisy weirdos in Black Moth Super Rainbow are releasing their next…
See also “Soulja Boy to SpaceGhostPurrp “We Gone Eat Yo Face,” Thows Bath Salts on A$AP Beef.” Extraordinary swag and a mouthful of gold … Yeah, we’re talking about A$AP Rocky, the preternaturally talented 23-year-old Harlem Mob boss, rapper, and grillz model who’s been beefing with SpaceGhostPurrp and brawling with…
Ever rocked so hard that you blacked out, puked last week’s hot lunch, and woke up 666 hours later feeling like your skull just got fucked in outer space by a gang of so-called interglactic mutant overlords? Well, then you’ve probably never purchased tickets for the disgusting, otherworldy freakshow known…
See also Crossfade’s show report, “Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne Pussy Poppin’ at Pink Friday Roman Reloaded Show in Miami” — plus a 15-photo recap of Nicki Minaj in Miami. In the summer of 2010, Nicki Minaj told Interview Magazine that, from the beginning, she was thinking like a role…
From ballads to ballots … Earlier this year, Marc Anthony appeared in a Latinos for Obama video, encouraging Hispanics to back Barack’s reelection bid. And over the last seven months, the soulful salsero has increasingly poured his energy into the president’s reelection bid, shifting his focus from music to politics…
Oh, no … They don’t need no lovin’, no respect. ‘Cause it’s all about the sex. Even though the dudes of Mötley Crüe have all reached that advanced age when it often becomes necessary to pop a little blue pill if you wanna rock a long, strong, and sustained erection,…
See also “Lights Out Festival Promises ‘a Jaw-Dropping Experience.'” Lights Out Festival With Felix Da Housecat, RJD2, Felix Cartal, and others Soho Studios, Miami Saturday, July 21, 2012 Better Than: Sitting at home, playing with your finger gloves. For their first proper party, the guys behind Dementia Events pledged to…
ShipRocked 2012, the world’s heaviest heavy music cruise, just got even heavier. ‘Cause Korn and six other brutally rocking bands have been added to the already massive lineup. “I did a cruise last year DJing as J Devil,” Korn’s Jonathan Davis says, “and it was a fucking blast — such…
See also “Deaf Poets Will Rock Your Face Off at Their Seven-Inch Release Party” and “Teepee Explains His Two-Year Disappearance, Eats Ten Bananas for Breakfast Everyday” How’s your Best Summer Ever checklist coming? It’s nearly August. So by now, you should’ve had a steamy, deodorant-free fling with a foreigner who…
No one ever thought Jorge Herrera, a skinny Ecuadorian kid from New York City, would amount to much. But for two decades, the founder and lead singer of The Casualties has led his rowdy band of hooligans around the world, inspiring kids to stand up and fight the system. One…
